[arch-dev-public] [signoff] less-443-1

Gaetan Bisson bisson at archlinux.org
Fri Apr 15 09:58:45 EDT 2011


[2011-04-14 07:57:14 +1000] Allan McRae:
> Upstream update:
> 
> 	Major changes between "less" versions 436 and 443
> 
> * Change search behavior such that when a search is given an explicit
>   pattern, the entire displayed screen is included in the search and
>   not just the portion after the target line.
> 
> * Add -A option to change search behavior to the old way: only
>   the portion of the screen after the target line is searched.
> 
> * Add %F formatting to prompt strings, replaced by the last component
>   of the input file.
> 
> * Control-G while editing a command exits the command.
> 
> * Less now exits with status 2 if control-C is pressed and -K is in effect.
> 
> * Fix "ungetc overflow" when passing long commands via the -p option.
> 
> * Fix bug in using line filtering via the & command
>   in combination with -i and -I.
> 
> * Fix bug in handling negative arguments to the -j option.
> 
> * Fix bug in handling %t in prompt strings.
> 
> * Improve handling of long option names.
> 
> * Improve percentage calculation for very large files.

Signoff both.

-- 
Gaetan


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